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List of Abbreviation and Acronyms
3GPP
Third-generation partnership project
ARPU
Average revenue per user
BRAS
Broadband remote access server
BS
Base station
BSS
Business support system
BTS
Base transceiver station
CAPEX
Capital Expenditure
CPU
Central processing unit
C-RAN
Cloud RAN
DC
Data center
DPI
Deep packet inspection
D-RoF
Digital radio over fiber
DSL
Digital subscriber line
eNB
evolved NodeB
eNodeB
E-UTRAN NodeB
EPC
Evolved packet core
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
eUTRAN
evolved UTRAN
GGSN
Gateway GPRS support node
GPRS
General packet radio service
GSM
Global system for mobile communications
GTP
GPRS tunneling protocol
HSPA
High-speed packet access
HTTP
Hypertext transfer protocol
IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
IDS
Intrusion detection systems
IMS
IP multimedia subsystem
InP
Infrastructure provider